Pediatrician commends nutty moms! - sorry long!

[Guest guest]

Just wanted to let you all know -

I asked Vivian's new ped directly for an RX for the band - I didn't

take her in- I just called and was like look - " I don't want to

bring her in - you've seen her head " " we have talked about this

before " . We knew she had plagio and not cranio, and I didn't want

to have to go to another specialist to get a referall and waste more

time blah blah blah - so he did and she was " scanned/casted " last

week. (our old ped was the wait and see type -didn't do anything)

Anyway, my hubby takes her in to the ped yesterday to check her ears

(we thought she might have an infection) and he took with him a copy

of her head scan printout from the helmet appt. The ped says " I am

so glad your wife is proactive about these things " , " More mothers

need to take action with plagiocephaly " , " She should be

commended " . !!!!!!!!

He said that he has brought it up to more than one parent that their

baby should be referred for a helmet - and they have said no! He

also said that the ped community is just not aggressive enough with

this. As a matter of fact, he said that the day before he saw a

new patient who was 13 months old. He said that when she walked in

the door, he could see the asymmetry immediately. It was really

bad. He asked her if her old ped had ever discussed helmet therapy

with her. She was like " What? " - she had never heard of it. He

told her to look at the baby's head from the top. She did right

there, and burst out in tears.

How sad! I almost cried. This just more than ever affirms how glad

I am that I am doing the right thing for Vivian, so I won't have to

be this woman, and how great it is that you all are here to support

and encourage us as we make this decision. I am also glad there are

at least some ped's who won't call us " nutty " for doing so!

You all should be commended!

& Vivian

[Guest guest]

(aka, Isaak Lover! LOL)

What a great pediatrician story for a change! It's so nice to hear.

Thanks for sharing that - give your ped. a big ole hug from

us " Nutty " plagio moms!

Debbie Abbys' mom

MI

> Just wanted to let you all know -

>

> I asked Vivian's new ped directly for an RX for the band - I didn't

> take her in- I just called and was like look - " I don't want to

> bring her in - you've seen her head " " we have talked about this

> before " . We knew she had plagio and not cranio, and I didn't want

> to have to go to another specialist to get a referall and waste

more

> time blah blah blah - so he did and she was " scanned/casted " last

> week. (our old ped was the wait and see type -didn't do anything)

>

> Anyway, my hubby takes her in to the ped yesterday to check her

ears

> (we thought she might have an infection) and he took with him a

copy

> of her head scan printout from the helmet appt. The ped says " I am

> so glad your wife is proactive about these things " , " More mothers

> need to take action with plagiocephaly " , " She should be

> commended " . !!!!!!!!

>

> He said that he has brought it up to more than one parent that

their

> baby should be referred for a helmet - and they have said no! He

> also said that the ped community is just not aggressive enough with

> this. As a matter of fact, he said that the day before he saw a

> new patient who was 13 months old. He said that when she walked in

> the door, he could see the asymmetry immediately. It was really

> bad. He asked her if her old ped had ever discussed helmet therapy

> with her. She was like " What? " - she had never heard of it. He

> told her to look at the baby's head from the top. She did right

> there, and burst out in tears.

>

> How sad! I almost cried. This just more than ever affirms how

glad

> I am that I am doing the right thing for Vivian, so I won't have to

> be this woman, and how great it is that you all are here to support

> and encourage us as we make this decision. I am also glad there

are

> at least some ped's who won't call us " nutty " for doing so!

>

> You all should be commended!

>

> & Vivian